Potamianou completed her BA(FA) at the the School of Fine Art (Athens) in 1997, and has subsequently received an MA degree from the Staffordshire University (1999) and she is continue to an MPhil/PhD degree.

She has curated more than 45 exhibitions of important artists of international scene. She has curated exhibitions of Joseph Kosuth, Damien Hirst ,Joseph Beuys, Terry Atkinson, Peter Greenaway, Candice Brietz, Guerrilla Girls, etc.

Potamianou is the curator of Art Athina Contemporaries of International Contemporary Art Fair of Athens since 2012 and Director of Platform Project @ Art Athina 2013 -2014.